Head of Creative Development

**Head of Creative Development**
**Location**: Melbourne or Sydney
**Working Days**: 5 days a week, Monday to Friday (rare weekend work required)
**Start date**: January

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This role is at the creative centre of Engage. Reporting into the Managing Director, the Head of Creative Development will ensure Engage remains at the forefront of emerging trends and continues to push the boundaries with cutting-edge content.

The role will lead on creative ideas for new business, as well as ensuring current projects are innovative and up-to-date with industry developments. The position will work with Project Leads for specific client areas as well as department heads (eg: Head of Content, Client Services, Audience Development and Strategy) to ensure developing formats and ideas benefit from the breadth of knowledge within Engage.

**Responsibilities**:

- Take the lead on shaping concept creations, creative pitches and proposals
- Work with the Content hub to support the current client development process
- Develop and enhance the overall creative output of the business, providing best practice, research and insights
- Keep in touch with the latest digital and social landscape, trends and products - and develop strategy for how Engage can utilise
- Identify areas of strength in creative resource in the business and work with other Heads of Departments to utilise their skills to maximum capacity
- Total project management of the creative development process - ensure relevant contributors are meeting deadlines and aware of the overall scope of work
- Work with the Head of Operations to analyse cost and productivity of new business projects
- Work with the Head of Operations to contribute to internal workshops and training
- Project Lead ad hoc creative projects where required

**Key skills and knowledge**:

- Experience in end-to-end campaign production across TVC, OOH, digital display, organic social etc
- Experience in concept creation, copywriting and messaging
- Experience and understanding of shoots, scripting and storyboarding
- Extensive experience working across a range of digital platforms, with a background in either content production or social media management
- A creative opportunist up for trying new ideas and an ability to capture fun, engaging content
- A track record in developing ideas that have been commissioned/executed
- Experience using the Adobe suite (Photoshop, After Effects, Illustrator) with the ability to mentor and develop designers
- Understanding of marketing and developing marketing strategies alongside the Head of Audience Development and Strategy
- Experience working to client briefs and working with external parties to make recommendations and encourage developments
- Strong client management skills and experience of delivering against set KPIs
- Keen, ongoing awareness and interest in trends across social media, online video and sports output internationally
- Interest in new technologies and opportunities for content creation
- Strong communication skills both within the internal team and with clients and contributors
- Strong editorial sensibility - able to identify strong content that will perform well on digital/social platforms
- Agency experience desired

**General**:

- Work flexible days, according to the appropriate sports-related calendar
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, as well as experience negotiating and influencing
- Highly self motivated and can motivate others
- Confidence in making decisions

**Benefits**:

- **Annual Leave**:

- 20 days (pro - rated) excluding bank holidays and increasing by 1 with each year of service.
- **Hybrid Working**:

- Office and home both supported
- **Training and development** - Participate in internal and external courses
- **Annual appraisals and salary reviews **plus six-monthly development check ins
- **Work from any Australian or global office** (global office, projects permitting)
- **Year round internship programme **fostering mentoring and learning
- **Generous maternity & paternity leave package** - above Australian standard
- **International travel opportunities** (when applicable)
- **Local and interstate staff social events and get togethers**:

- **Attendance to various sporting events